Red flood in WB, Kerala

Creating history, the ruling Left swept back to power for the seventh consecutive term in West Bengal with a thumping majority, bagging 235 of the 293 seats in the Assembly elections. A beaming Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, whose development-friendly image contributed hugely to the massive victory, said, `All the credit goes to the people.` Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, who ruled the state for 24 years before handing over the reins to Bhattacharjee in 2000, dubbed the victory as unprecedented and said that the chief minister should now have to play a more active role at the Centre.